In your article (“In Beit Shemesh, Modesty Wars,” Dec.30), I was glad to see a protest that included the backing by all streams of the Modern Orthodox young girl who was frightened to walk to her school.
It is time for total government reform in Israel so that any prime minister in charge is not held hostage by a coalition agreement to a particular party in this outdated parliamentary system. A change would guarantee that extremist would lose political power.
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